This is my background.html file, It works fine when opening in current tab but I want it to open in new tab, what am I doing wrong?
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
window.master = ({
newtab: function(url, callback) {
callback = callback === true ? (function() { this.close(); }) : callback;
try {
chrome.tabs.create({
url: url
});
if(typeof callback === "function") { callback.call(this, url); }
} catch(e) {
/* Catch errors due to possible permission issues. */
}
},
link: function(event, close) {
event = event ? event : window.event;
event.preventDefault();
this.newtab(event.href, close);
},
close: function() { window.self.close(); }
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<!-- Usage is simple:
HTML:
<a href="http://example.com/" onclick="master.link(event)" />
JavaScript:
master.newtab("http://example.com/", true);
-->
</body>
</html>
If you insist on using a popup and want it to close as soon as it is opened, then use what is above. Simply add the link string and a true
boolean to the master.newtab
function to have it open the new tab and then close the popup.
If you change your mind about closing the popup, you can replace the true
boolean with a function to execute if the new tab was created without any errors. You can also use the master.link
function for calling the master.newtab
function from an anchor element.
The best thing about using Chrome Extensions is you never have to worry about support issues! :D
You should read the chrome.tabs.create
documentation again. You are passing it invald parameters. You are also using location
which is from the background.html
document not the webpage document the code is expecting instead of the tab
parameter passed to the chrome.browserAction.onClicked
listener.
<html>
<head>
<script>
// Called when the user clicks on the browser action.
chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(function(tab) {
var action_url = "http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=" + encodeURIComponent(tab.href) + '&title=' + encodeURIComponent(tab.title);
chrome.tabs.create({ url: action_url });
});
</script>
</head>
</html>
You can try this
<html>
...
<body>
<script>
function createTab() {
chrome.tabs.create({url: "http://www.stackoverflow.com"});
}
</script>
<a href="#" onclick="createTab();">Create a new tab</a>
</body>
</html>